Alternanthera pungens: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Alternanthera pungens Kunth is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Achyranthes leiantha (Seub.) Standl., Achyranthes repens L., Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) Sweet, Alternanthera achyrantha R. Br., Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) R. Br., comb. inval., Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha Seub., Alternanthera achyrantha var. pungens (Kunth) Suess., Alternanthera caracasana Kunth, Alternanthera caracasana Humboldt et al., Alternanthera echinata Sm., Alternanthera peploides (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Urb., Alternanthera pungens fo. pauciflora Suess., Alternanthera repens Kuntze, Alternanthera repens (L.) Link, not Alternanthera repens J. F. Gmelin, Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze, nom. illeg., non Alternanthera repens (L.) J.F. Gmel., Celosia echinata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Illecebrum achyrantha L., Illecebrum obliquum Schumach., Illecebrum pungens (Kunth) Spreng., Telanthera pungens (Kunth) Moq..

References regarding Alternanthera pungens Kunth for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1817)
· Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire (1818)
· The Cyclopaedia (1802)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1820)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1824)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1849)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1875)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
· Kew Bulletin (1958)
· Darwiniana (1959)
· Darwiniana (1967)
· Flora of Ecuador (1987)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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